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FAIRFIELD Solano County supervisors put off until next week a decision on whether to place an eighth-cent sales tax increase for wildfire safety measures on the June 7 ballot.
The proposal was met with opposition Tuesday from city fire chiefs, who said the county needs a better plan. It was also a
Sunday Wildfire In Big Basin Redwoods State Park Kicks Off Another Potentially Horrible Fire Season
Windy and dry conditions over the weekend led to a very early Red Flag Warning being called in the North Bay, and two small brush fires around the Bay Area. But a slightly more significant fire that actually got named broke out on Sunday in the CZU Lightning Complex burn zone, inside Big Basin Redwoods State Park.
Dubbed the Basin Fire, the wildfire began shortly after noon on Sunday, and by 2 p.m. Cal Fire CZU said that it was being kept at under an acre. But as the Chronicle reports, the fire continued to grow before it was fully contained Sunday night, and scorched a total of seven acres in the area of Hihn Hammond Truck Trail, in the Santa Cruz Mountains.